Welcome!

Enrich Your Travels with Longitude

We've got the classic, new and hard-to-find books and maps to help you get the most out of your adventures.

SIGN UP FOR

Longitude News

Get our monthly e-mail update

GET A

Catalog

In the Kitchen

Gran Cocina Latina, The Food of Latin America

Maricel E. Presilla

SEE ALL >

Antarctica

Endurance, Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

SEE ALL >

Our Favorites

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

SEE ALL >

Tuscany

Every Day in Tuscany, Seasons of an Italian Life

Frances Mayes

SEE ALL >

Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats

Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats

by Leslie Swartz  •  Nina Simonds  •  Meilo So (Illustrator)

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 80 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

With this book of activities, recipes and stories, any day can be a Chinese festival day -- and actual festival days can be more festive. Included are directions for making moon cakes (essential to the Moon Festival), paper lanterns (for the Lantern Festival), dragon boats (the Dragon Boat Festival) and much more. Ages 4-8. Co-written by a cookbook writer and an educator and published by the Boston Children's Museum.  (CHN183, $21.00)

ADD TO BOOK BAG


Longitude provides recommended reading for travelers in partnership with the leading tour operators and travel programs for hundreds of destinations worldwide. We've got the classic, new and hard-to-find books and maps to help you get the most out of your adventures.